Celebrating Café Life
It’s a Saturday in mid July around 12 noon. I’m sitting outside at a café. I’ve chosen an open-face sandwich on thick rye, piled…
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Villa Medoro, Contesa & Baldeschi-Balleani – Italian Wineries September 2014
Delicious Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Villa Medoro Owned by the Della Loggia-Morricone family for three generations, the 100 hectare estate is located in the Teramane Hills…
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Handley Cellars – California Winery of the Month September 2014
Scaring Off Bears in Anderson Valley Handley Cellars Two years of drought have created serious problems for California farmers. But the bears in Anderson…
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Chianti & Brunello, the Pride of Toscana Badia a Cultibuono Badia a Cultibuono or the Abbey of Good Harvest is located in Toscana and…
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Logic, a Little Luck, and Changing Tastes Alder Springs Vineyard Twenty years ago, Stuart Bewley purchased a steep 6000 acre parcel in a remote…
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Do You Need a Coravin?
You may have heard about the Coravin, the latest gadget in the wine world that claims to preserve the remaining wine in a bottle…
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Carignano, Sardegna’s Noble Wine Sardus Pater Sardus Pater or in English “Sardinian Father” refers to the ancient mythological hero-god of the Nuragic civilization from…
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Embracing Their Heritage Pellegrini Wine Company Alexia Pellegrini is the fourth generation to work in a family wine business. But only recently has she…
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If you pay just minimal attention to the foil when opening a wine bottle, you could conclude that the covering is just decorative. If…
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Pulcinella Visits Napa Sempre Vive Art is a familiar part of the wine business as anyone knows, who has perused bottle labels in a…
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